Fish Species of Barnegat Bay
Click on an image to expand it and view the species description
Alectis ciliaris - African pompano
Alosa psuedoharengus - Alewife
Ameriurus catus - White catfish
Anchoa hepsetus - Striped anchovy
Apeltes quadracus - Fourspine stickleback
Bairdiella chrysoura - Silver perch
Caranx hippos - Crevalle jack
Chasmodes bosquianus - Striped blenny
Conger oceanicus - Conger eel
Dactylopterus volitans - Flying gurnard
Engraulis eurystole - Silver anchovy
Etrumeus teres - Round herring
Fundulus diaphanus - Banded killifish
Fundulus majalis - Striped killifish
Gobiosoma ginsburgi - Seaboard goby
Alosa aestivalis - Blueback herring
Alosa sapidissima - American shad
Ameriurus nebulosus - Brown bullhead
Anchoa mitchilli - Bay anchovy
Archosargus probatocephalus - Sheepshead
Brevoortia tyrannus - Atlantic menhaden
Centropristis striata - Black sea bass
Chilomycterus schoepfi - Striped burrfish
Cynoscion regalis - Weakfish
Dasyatis say - Bluntnose stingray
Esox americanus americanus - Redfin pickerel
Eucinostomus argenteus - Spotfin mojarra
Fundulus heteroclitus - Mummichog
Gobiesox strumosus - Skilletfish
Hippocampus erectus - Lined seahorse
Alosa mediocris - Hickory shad
Aluterus schoepfi - Orange filefish
Ammodytes americanus - American sandlace
Anguilla rostrata - American eel
Astroscopus guttatus - Northern stargazer
Caranx crysos - Blue runner
Chaetodon ocellatus - Spotfin butterflyfish
Clupea harengus - Atlantic herring
Cyprinodon variegatus - Sheepshead minnow
Elops saurus - Ladyfish
Etropus microstomus - Smallmouth flounder
Fistularia tabacaria - Bluespotted cornetfish
Fundulus luciae - Spotfin killifish
Gobiosoma bosc - Naked goby
